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What Starts Here Starts With You

What starts at The University of Texas at Austin changes the world. Together, through one of the largest fundraising efforts in our state’s history, we will open doors to a first-class education, recruit top faculty, create healthier communities and solve global problems. Join us in changing the world.

Learn More About the Division

The Division of Diversity and Community Engagement is a national model for integrating diversity and community engagement into the core mission of a university. It works with a broad range of student, faculty, staff, and community constituents to help The University of Texas at Austin connect its intellectual resources to communities across Texas and offer education to those who may face the greatest challenges in accessing it. The Division focuses on four core pillars: inclusive campus, community engagement, K-12 education, and student success.

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Two UT Austin First-Gen students holding up Hook'em Horn hand sign looking out over the Texas Capital

First-Gen Equity

Who We Are

First-Gen Equity within the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE) is a continuation and expansion of the DDCE First-Generation Initiative, which was envisioned by a handful of first-generation students in 2017, Alejandrina Guzman and Matt Thibault. Fueled by a desire to have their own first-generation community on campus, these passionate students joined forces with a committee of dedicated staff members to develop an outline for a student-run organization that they would be proud to call their own.

Your Impact

Your gift will help continue to expand a dynamic learning community where first-generation students can self-select many learning opportunities based on their desire to participate. Your generosity can provide financial support to a first-generation student in need or can help to fund the opportunity for first-generation students to get additional support from our ever-growing team of student ambassadors. Your donation will not only facilitate the addressing of first-generation students’ immediate needs but will simultaneously make a profound and significant impact on their future accomplishments.

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Inclusive Campus Culture

The DDCE cultivates an inclusive campus culture that actively and intentionally engages diverse people, ideas, and perspectives to create a vibrant learning and working environment.